Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Because Doug uses Dr. Ph. Martin's Synchromatic Transparent Watercolor for his work, he doesn't do color sketches at conventions. However, a number of collectors have asked him about commissioned color sketches and that was one reason why he decided to do this lovely lady in his studio and bring it to San Diego. It's done with aniline dyes on Arches of France 100% cotton, 140 lb, acid-free paper.

Check the program for Big Wow Art booth numbers if interested in having Doug do a commissioned pencil and ink sketch during the 5-day Comic-Con.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

The 5-day San Diego convention is a busy time for attendees and exhibiting artists so Doug has done preliminary blocking for a number of B & W sketches, generally either 9 x 12 or 10 x 14 on 140 lb., acid-free 100% cotton Arches of France paper.

If attending Comic-Con, stop by the Big Wow Art booth and ask Doug about a commissioned sketch of one of his lovely ladies. He can easily "sweeten" one from his sketch portfolio or do a new subject.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Personalized sketches of Doug's lovely ladies are always popular with convention attendees, and because the 5-day Comic-Con is always so busy, he decided to block out some sketches prior to Preview Night - Wednesday, July 21, from 6-9 p.m. By doing this, he can finish "sweetening" the sketch during the 5-day convention at the San Diego Convention Center.

Doug is again exhibiting with Big Wow Art; check the Comic-Con program for the group's booth assignment.

In addition to doing commissioned sketches during the July 21-25 convention, Doug also has 11 x 17 limited edition prints, preliminary sketchbooks, personalized copies of his 52-page book Unpublished Sneyd and Playboy originals for sale.

Monday, July 5, 2010

After Doug returned mid-April to his home/studio in Orillia, Ontario, he was asked to participate in TCAF - the Toronto Comic Arts Festival - held May 8-9 at the spacious Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, adjacent to Toronto's university district.

The free 2-day comics event featured several hundred authors, artists and publishers from Canada, England, Europe and Japan and is patterned after comics festivals like Angouleme, Harlem and the Small Press Expo.

The first TCAF, with approximately 70 creators in attendance, was held in March 2003. In 2007 about 6,000 people attended and in 2009 TCAF drew a crowd of nearly 10,500. Before TCAF moved to the Toronto Reference Library, it was held at the Victoria College building on the University of Toronto and on the grounds of Honest Ed's department store.

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Bio

Doug has been a cartoonist for Playboy magazine since 1964.
For nearly 20 years, starting in the mid-60's, his "Doug Sneyd" and "Scoops" news cartoons appeared daily in newspapers across North America. Sneyd's talent has also led him into cinema: in 1993, he wrote, produced and directed "Black-eyed Susan," an educational movie-drama about spousal abuse, for the Ontario government. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and has been a member of the National Cartoonists' Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Thirty of his full-page color Playboy cartoons are among the 235 Sneyd works included in the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but spent much of his professional career in Toronto. In 1969 he moved his family north to Orillia made famous as the mythical "Mariposa" by humorist Stephen Leacock. He works on the third floor of his home-studio overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching and spends his winters on the Gulf Coast in Orange Beach, Alabama.